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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1968
Page
10
In Mojave California a man believed intoxicated grabbed a Santa bag of candy from a passerby in front of a house and hurled it across the street. Police said Willis Brown was booked on suspicion of drunkenness.
In Prague the Skoda Works workers council chose Jan Martinak as plant general manager for a 4 to 6 year term, defying Soviet backed control. The vote followed a selection process among five finalists with a two thirds majority. Smrkovsky lauded the method as progress. Prague faces housing for soldiers and a shift to a Czech Slovak federation on January 1.
The Federal Reserve raises the discount rate to 5 1 2 percent, its highest in 40 years, after governors and district banks urged the action to curb inflation. The move tightens credit, raising borrowing costs for businesses and consumers as industrial production and housing starts show gains but inflation remains a threat.
Rome reports the Italian Ministry of Health accused 19 individuals of artificially fattening cattle with hormones and will investigate claims that the meat from treated stock affected men's virility.
Three students faced a military tribunal in Salonika on charges of violating an anti subversion law with intent to overthrow the Greek military regime.
The Mohave School fifth and sixth grade advanced band conducts a Christmas program Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school cafetorium with carols such as Toyland Silver Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas led by bandmaster Ray Cooper.
Robert Dean Endreson, 20, pleaded guilty to the March murder of Linda Hodge, 21, of Tempe, telling a Maricopa County judge he forced her to drive to a desert shack near Scottsdale and shot her about six times. He previously admitted killing Sylvia Presley, 36, found at a northeast Phoenix market. sentencing is set for January 6 on the Presley case.
Weekly horoscope across signs notes tasks to finish, courting new ideas, and cautions about relationships and health. Highlights include steady work, avoiding arguments, handling emergencies, and seeking precise information to achieve goals.
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